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Las Palmas vs Eibar Match Prediction

By Bharath Ramm R

Las Palmas head into their first La Liga match of 2018 after a 2-0 loss against Getafe in the previous league match. Juan Cala opened the scoring after just six minutes, while Getafe were able to double their lead with a 15th minute goal from Amath Ndiaye. The midweek action, though, witnessed Las Palmas getting a 1-1 draw with Valencia in the Copa del Rey. Eibar extended their good form with a 4-1 success over Girona. The first 25 minutes were competitive with David Timor’s freekick cancelling out the goals from Takashi Inui and Charles. However, Eibar re-established their advantage with second-half goals from Takashi and Joan Jordan.

Here we have our SBAT match preview with all the best predictions, betting tips and match stats.

Betting Tips and Predictions

The amazing run of form for Eibar places them as a strong favourite for victory, despite being on the road. Las Palmas have strengthened the team by bringing in the likes of Alejandro Galvez, but appointing Jemez as their third manager of the campaign speaks volumes about the club’s instability. Eibar were able to win the recent meeting back in April, and I would expect Eibar to do the same in this match.

A strong factor behind Eibar’s excellent run has been the goals. Jose Luis Mendilibar has seen his team score 11 goals in the last five league matches. Even though Las Palmas’ defence is pretty good for a team in the bottom three, I would back Eibar to score over 1.5 goals.

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Las Palmas Preview

Paco Jemez has been brought back to Las Palmas as the third manager so far this season. Jemez is expected to remain at the club until the end of the campaign. Manolo Marquez and Pako Ayestaran have been in charge of the club since Quique Setien left at the start of the season. Even as talks continue about signing high-profile centre forwards like Jese Rodriguez, Jemez will be looking to work with the likes of Loic Remy and Jonathan Calleri in order to improve Las Palmas’ position. The club have been in the bottom three of the table since October. Loic Remy is the Las Palmas top scorer with five goals.

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Eibar Preview

Eibar continue to make major strides up the La Liga 2017-18 table. A wave of good form hit the club after the 5-0 win over Real Betis. Since then, Eibar have dropped only two points from a possible 15. Such a run of form coupled with teams like Villarreal and Sevilla struggling for a consistent run means that Eibar could find themselves in the top six places in the next two matchdays. The form of Eibar has been so good that even Barcelona and Real Madrid have been unable to match the points tally of Jose Luis Mendilibar’s team over the last six matches. Charles is the Eibar top scorer this season with six goals.